Multiple Dash Door & Glass Service Groups are collaborating to furnish and install interior glass, door and hardware, and interior automatic doors at this exciting project. Norwegian Cruise Line’s new, all-glass, modern terminal has already been nicknamed “the Pearl of Miami,” and promises to welcome 1.3 million visitors per year.

The modern terminal draws its inspiration from a nautilus, with its spiraled and multi-level façade, opening up to grand ocean views. Once complete it will be the new “pearl” of Miami, redefining the landscape of the city’s skyline. Innovative lighting, inviting indoor and outdoor waiting areas and other guest-centric elements will enhance the overall passenger experience. At nearly 166,500 square feet, the debuting Norwegian terminal will accommodate ships of up to 5,000 passengers, and feature new technology to support faster and more efficient embarkation and disembarkation processes, as well as expedited security screening and luggage check-in. A dedicated lounge and service area will facilitate a warm and welcoming sense of arrival for large groups and charters, and a new parking garage, and valet parking area with direct access to the terminal and lounge are also scheduled to be completed.

Visit the project profile to see renderings of the final design and learn more about the project.

]]>2018 in Reviewhttps://www.dashdoor.com/resource-center/dash-door-news/2018-in-review/
Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:41:45 +0000https://www.dashdoor.com/?p=52142018 was a year of big changes for the Dash Door & Glass team. We updated our name, moved our headquarters, relaunched our website, and welcomed 21 new team members. Beyond our team’s growth, this year saw the completion of a number of big projects that involved the skills of all Dash Door & Glass […]

]]>2018 was a year of big changes for the Dash Door & Glass team. We updated our name, moved our headquarters, relaunched our website, and welcomed 21 new team members. Beyond our team’s growth, this year saw the completion of a number of big projects that involved the skills of all Dash Door & Glass service groups. These included:

The expansion of the emergency and intensive care areas at the Cleveland Clinic in Weston, which required the development of a novel, hybrid aluminum and glass framing system.

]]>Dash Door & Glass Opens Doors at New Miami Facilityhttps://www.dashdoor.com/resource-center/dash-door-news/new-doral-facility-expands-dash-door-glass-potential/
Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:19:27 +0000https://www.dashdoor.com/?p=4994Dash Door & Glass has relocated to a larger, modern facility. CEO Steve Sanko called the move “a natural step, taken in order to accommodate our continued, organic growth,” emphasizing that the new headquarters is good news for Dash Door & Glass clients as well as our dedicated team members. By tripling our work space, […]

]]>Dash Door & Glass has relocated to a larger, modern facility. CEO Steve Sanko called the move “a natural step, taken in order to accommodate our continued, organic growth,” emphasizing that the new headquarters is good news for Dash Door & Glass clients as well as our dedicated team members.

By tripling our work space, the new Miami facility is allowing Dash Door & Glass to grow our in-house fabrication capability. We’re bringing in new equipment along with greater space dedicated to fabrication. Added space for inventory and project storage allows us to better accommodate client schedules and purchasing lead times.

But even as we continue to support our clients in the general contracting community through our smart, continual growth, we’re also looking to support our employees. Our dedicated Dash Door & Glass team had been working out of our previous Miami facility since 1992. We’re proud to move our team to an updated space worthy of their talents.

We’ll share pictures and more updates with you as we keep settling in. But for now, feel free to browse our new and improved website to learn more.

]]>Dash Door & Glass Announces New Websitehttps://www.dashdoor.com/resource-center/dash-door-news/dash-door-glass-announces-new-website/
Mon, 01 Oct 2018 20:23:24 +0000https://www.dashdoor.com/?p=4969Dash Door & Glass is pleased to announce the launch of our new website. This is one of several new changes, all geared at better servicing our general contractor, facility manager, owner and architect clients as we lay the groundwork for our own continued growth. We’re making it easier to contact us for service requests, […]

]]>Dash Door & Glass is pleased to announce the launch of our new website. This is one of several new changes, all geared at better servicing our general contractor, facility manager, owner and architect clients as we lay the groundwork for our own continued growth.

]]>Growth of Glass & Glazing Services Prompts Evolution of Dash Door Namehttps://www.dashdoor.com/resource-center/dash-door-news/growth-of-glass-glazing-services-prompt-evolution-of-dash-door-name/
Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:17:24 +0000https://www.dashdoor.com/?p=4992We’ve changed our name to better reflect who we are. Dash Door & Glass is still the same company that began serving the South Florida market in 1955 with a customer-focused approach to automatic doors and door repair services. But continuing to call ourselves “Dash Door & Closer Service” obscured the fact that we’ve been […]

Dash Door & Glass is still the same company that began serving the South Florida market in 1955 with a customer-focused approach to automatic doors and door repair services.

But continuing to call ourselves “Dash Door & Closer Service” obscured the fact that we’ve been glass and glazing contractors for just as long. Even some of our longstanding clients were unaware of everything we offer thanks to our six complementary product and service groups, which include our Glass & Glazing Group, Contract Door & Hardware Group, Automatic Door Group, Service & Maintenance Group, Access Control & Integration Group and Specialty Services Group.

“Our role as a South Florida glass contractor and resource has been implied but understated for too long,” said CEO Steve Sanko. “Now it is accurately reflected in our name.” At the same time, our general contractor clients have been increasingly requesting packaged scopes from our groups under a single contract where we own sole accountability.

We’re proud to present our new name: Dash Door & Glass. To learn more about what we’ve done and what we can do, visit our project showcase and contact us to discuss your next project.

]]>Dash Door’s continuing expansion has necessitated several big changes of late: a new name, a new website, and a new facility that will allow us to continue delivering integrated, Division 8 packages for our general contractor and facility manager clients.

Dash Door expands leadership team to support evolving business in architectural products and installation market.

Dash Door & Closer Service, Inc., one of Florida’s largest independent automatic door suppliers and specialty glass contractors, continues its investment in new executive talent with the hiring of Scott Schneider as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Schneider will report to Dash Door’s chief executive officer, Steve Sanko, and will be a part of the company’s senior leadership team.

“Dash Door has been experiencing tremendous growth, and as we expand our product and service offerings, Scott’s financial and operational expertise will be an exceptional addition to our team,” says Steve Sanko, CEO of Dash Door.

With more than 17 years of management experience, Schneider joins Dash Door from Kaufman Rossin where he led the business consulting practice. Before joining Kaufman Rossin, he worked at Deloitte Consulting LLP for six years. A certified public accountant and a chartered financial analyst, he earned a master of business administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a Master of Accounting from the University of Florida.

“It is a tremendous opportunity to join Dash Door at such an exciting time,” said Schneider. “I’m looking forward to helping Dash Door succeed in the next phases of its strategic transformation.”

]]>Where are your keys?https://www.dashdoor.com/uncategorized/where-are-your-keys/
Sun, 12 Mar 2017 22:30:17 +0000https://www.dashdoor.com/?p=4187 It’s a great occasion when we can admit an issue faced by our our own company and happily report that it has been solved by one of the very products we represent and support. Dash Door is happy to pass along an informative white paper and provide a product testimonial that has had a […]

It’s a great occasion when we can admit an issue faced by our our own company and happily report that it has been solved by one of the very products we represent and support. Dash Door is happy to pass along an informative white paper and provide a product testimonial that has had a positive impact on our daily workflow and efficiency. Products like the T21 Medeco Key Management system greatly simplify workflow while providing auditing functions with a simple interface.

Dash Door & Closer Service, Inc. maintains an ever-growing fleet of vehicles serving a South Florida client base. When project scheduling or scheduled vehicle maintenance requires personnel changes, quick access to vehicle and/or tiered inventory storage keys by tech team members across multiple company departments – a key management system is vital. Dash Door had previously spent many minutes each morning ‘looking for keys” as they related to the previous evenings emergency service calls or called audible “vehicle swaps” based on vehicle inventory. Investment in key management has changed how Dash Door mobilizes in the morning for the better. There are no more “where are your keys” moments. While Dash Door may utilize many of the Division 8 products we represent; few have directly affected our daily workflow as has the T21 Key Management System.

———White Paper exerpts below————–

Simplifying key management for small to medium sizes businesses and organizations

Keys are an essential element to secure many locations and devices, but keeping up with keys can be an ongoing challenge. Problems can occur in any business or organization that uses a dozen or more keys. How do you keep up with them all?

Think about the maintenance worker with a ring full of keys who doesn’t know which one goes to what. Consider the office pegboard where keys are supposed to be hanging – and often aren’t. The sign-out sheet for keys nearby probably hasn’t been used in weeks. Picture that drawer full of stray keys and the time you had to go through every one to unlock a specific door or lock. How much time might a small business spend looking for keys? In an urgent situation, everyone might have to stop what they’re doing and join the search – but at what cost to the business?

Keeping up with keys can be a common problem for a variety of business and organizations, including the following:

•Healthcare. One UK study found that nurses spent as much as 40 minutesvin an eight-hour shift looking for keys to drug cabinets

•Schools typically have many doors to lock or facilities to protect

•Hotels, or other hospitality businesses such as chalet resorts

•Small manufacturing sites, which must control key access to machinery as well as door locks

•Automotive dealerships and workshops – anywhere keys to multiple vehicles must be managed, including carpools and rental car companies

•Group homes and similar sites where facilities are shared

•Home help providers. For example, one company provides bicycles for employee transportation, and they need a way to track who is using which bikes based on who has the keys to unlock them In fact, almost any small to medium sized business (SME) can face challenges controlling and managing their keys

Per general contractor Clark Construction’s website, the $500 million project features the renovation of 500,000 square feet of exhibit space and all ancillary interior spaces, including the building’s main entrance. The project is estimated to generate $5 billion in economic impact over 30 years.

The Clark team also will renovate the convention center’s façade, adding a new curtain wall system and decorative “fins.” Additionally, they will construct a 60,000 square-foot ballroom expansion with meeting and pre-function space.

Outside of the building, the project team will transform over six acres of parking lot space into a public park and perform landscaping and infrastructure improvements to the convention center campus. A new parking structure will replace the existing surface lots and will be integrated with the building. Additionally, the team will refurbish Convention Center Drive and 19th Street.

]]>US10A and US10B – The Misunderstood Finisheshttps://www.dashdoor.com/resource-center/us10a-us10b-misunderstood-finishes/
Sun, 21 Feb 2016 00:45:33 +0000http://www.dashdoor.com/?p=4016The importance of educating a client on the standards of the 10A/10B finishes is imperative in setting expectations for both client and service provider. We have spoken to many distributors who have reviewed warranty claims made based on a lack of knowledge of the topic. The article reprinted here has served as a guide for many where manufacturers may have faltered in educating distribution on the topic.

]]>The importance of educating a client on the standards of the 10A/10B finishes is imperative in setting expectations for both client and service provider. We have spoken to many distributors who have reviewed warranty claims made based on a lack of knowledge of the topic. The article reprinted here has served as a guide for many where manufacturers may have faltered in educating distribution on the topic. We offer it here in the hopes of serving the community in having accurate talking points to discuss on the front end rather than after a client is disappointed in a finish after time has passed.

AS A FINISH IN THE HARDWARE INDUSTRY, US10B IS ONE OF the most misunderstood. This is due to the fact that the product will continue to change over time. In addition, it is not consistent from one manufacturer to another, but it is not intended to be, based upon the process used to attain the finish. It is my wish here to explain why this finish is misunderstood and to supply information to architects, designers and hardware specifiers that will clarify that this is an unstable finish that will continue to change in appearance from the day the product is manufactured.

The procedure for finishing various types of hardware products (flat plates, locks, exit devices and several other products) with the US10B finish is to use an oxidation process. Oxidized hardware provides an old or antique look often selected for esthetic reasons by the owner or the architect. Hardware items with this finish may appear to be uniform, but are usually not an exact match. However, each manufacturer does follow finishing methods that are fairly consistent within the products that they manufacture. Once products are installed, product appearance will change rapidly with use, normal wear, and exposure to the elements.

For example, an escutcheon plate on a lockset is seldom touched, but the lever or knob is touched constantly during use of the product. The lever handle itself will become polished (wearing off any oxidizing that was applied), causing the lever to be a different color than the escutcheon plate immediately behind it. Another example would be of a kick plate. People kick kickplates. However, when US10B material is specified, kicking will result in removing the oxidation from the plate. Where the plate is not kicked, it will still remain oxidized, showing a darker finish.

The base metal used for US10B finished products is critical to the outcome of the finish. Is the material brass, bronze, or steel? Oxidation will change the surface color of the brass- or bronze-based material. The more copper in the base material, the darker shade the final finish will be. Many hardware products are desired with dark oxidized finishes, as viewed on BHMA match plates. US10B is a finish compatible with the architectural colored anodic aluminum finishes.

Steel must be electroplated with brass or bronze before it can be oxidized. Steel-based material that has been plated is intended to be compatible with–not match–brass- and bronze-based material to have a similar oxidized appearance. Even with its appearance being similar to an oxidized product, the fact is that the electroplating process is different and the resulting product will react differently. More on this point will be discussed later.

The following chart shows the brass and bronze compounds used to manufacture various pieces of the finish hardware that we use daily. Cast and wrought brass used in the hardware industry are often referred to as yellow brass. Bronze has a higher percentage of copper in it than brass, giving it a redder or darker appearance.

Oxidizing Process
Chemical oxidizing is a treatment that colors the surface of the metal, Originally, most hardware had a base
material of brass or bronze that did not have any protection or plating over it. Materials simply oxidized overtime. Wear from use naturally polished the hardware where it was touched, but other areas were seldom or never touched, and their dark appearance remained.

According to the ANSI/BHMA Standard A156,18, “Materials and Finishes,” 2000, US10B (613) is dark oxidized satin bronze, oil rubbed (commonly referred to as antique bronze). This standard describes a color, not the process of how the finish was created.To oxidize, there are three factors needed:
* The temperature of the solution for oxidation.
* The time for the product to be submerged in the solution.
* The alloy of the base material.
Today, some of our standard hardware products are still oxidized in this same manner, yet there are also some products that are electroplated to give the appearance of having been oxidized.

Electroplating Process
Electroplating is the depositing of a metallic coating onto an object of hardware by putting a negative charge onto the product and immersing it into a solution containing an ingot of the metal to be deposited. The metallic ions of the ingot carry a positive charge and are attracted to the negatively charged parts. When the positive ions reach the negatively charged part, the deposit is made, and the surface color of the product is changed.

Part of this process includes product cleaning, polishing, pre-treatment and post-treatments. These steps are often more critical than the electroplating step itself. Consideration must also be given to safety issues in handling the various chemicals, proper waste treatment and disposal, and a host of other issues.

In the electroplating process of hinges and other products that do not receive oxidation, US10A (641)/US10B (640) is an imitation of the oxidizing process. US10A (641) is lacquered, a process commonly used for steelbased material. BHMA lists the three digit number of 641 but does not recognize the US10A finish commonly used in the industry. US10B (640) is plated and oil-rubbed, a process commonly used for brass-based material. However, several manufacturers will provide US10B (640) (oil-rubbed) on steel based material. One point of caution: when the oil dries, there is no protection on the steel based hinge except the plating material. This may cause the product to revert back to its natural state more rapidly. Steel products that are not protected against environmental elements will eventually begin to rust.

Hardware which is electroplated has an under-plating of copper or nickel, followed by two coats of plated bronze. Then a coat of black nickel is applied which is subsequently struck-off to provide the relieved appearance. If the product is of a brass- or bronze-based material, the product is then oil-rubbed; if it is steelbased, it is lacquered. This provides the desired appearance to be compatible with other hardware that has been oxidized. An important point here is that the finish is to be compatible, not be a perfect match. This is the area that is most misunderstood.

According to ANSI/BHMA A156.18, “Materials and Finishes,” 2000, the finish referred to as US10B (613) is a category “B.” To quote the category listing: “Category B finishes are those that are unstable and are applied to the base material or are the base material defined by the description in 5.2. These finishes shall be compatible with the BHMA match plates, but these finishes cannot and do not match from one alloy or form of material to the next and from one manufacturer to the next.”

This same standard also refers to US1OA (641) Category (614E). To quote the category listing: “Category E finishes shall be equivalent in appearance when compared with the corresponding Category A, B, or C finishes. They shall be viewed using the formula specified in 4.3.3.1 and 4.3.3.2.”

Section 4.3.3.1 reads: ‘Comparative finishes shall appear the same when viewed two feet apart and three feet away, on the same relative plane.” Section 4.3.3.2 reads: “Viewing Conditions. Place the specimen on a neutral background (middle gray to white) and illuminate it with natural or artificial daylight in 4.3.3.3.”

When Specifying US10B
The most common problem in misunderstanding this finish is to think that all products will appear identical. Most individuals will hold the products side by side and expect that the finishes will match precisely. This will not be the case. The time in the solution, the base metal, the composition of the solution, the humidity of the area where the process takes place, electrical currents in the plating baths, even local temperature and altitude will affect this finish. Additional causes for differences in color or hue will be the amount of oil applied (this is normally a hand operation) as well as the amount of time from manufacturing to end use. Once oil is applied to the product, it begins to dry. Depending on climatic conditions, the oil may dry faster and offer less protection. Once the product is installed, the deterioration process will begin. First, the act of actually using the hardware will cause change. Where the products are touched, the oil and oxidation will begin to wear, Acids from the hands will begin to break down the finish as well. Areas that are not touched will remain fairly consistent to the condition of the products when they were received.

Care and Maintenance
Care and maintenance of all finished hardware products should be as important as the proper selection and use of all construction materials. Abrasive cleaners, harsh chemicals or lacquer thinner should not be used to clean the surface of any door hardware. The most commonly used cleaner should be a lightly dampened, clean, cotton cloth, Most manufacturers will void their warranties when products are abused. The use of abrasives and harsh chemicals is often considered abusive treatment.

Conclusion
An informed customer is normally a happy customer. Hopefully, this information may help architects, designers and end users in understanding the purpose and intent of a finish that may have been unexplained in the past. We are alt customers of one another. The purpose of this article has been to fill in some of the blanks.